READING

• Read for the main idea.

• Demonstrate an understanding of character, plot ,setting,problem,resolution and theme)

• Scan and skim a text to find the relevant information and summarize it at an appropriate level.

• Read independently for pleasure, instruction and information

• Use prediction skills, contextual clues to deduce the meaning of unknown vocabulary.

• Have some dictionary skills. eg. Finding words in alphabetical order,understanding the different forms of words and their abbreviations.Finding the correct form and meaning of words.

• Show an interest in a variety of fiction and non-fiction literature

• Show awareness that poems have complex meaning and that they need to be read and reread and questioned and reflected on to yield their meaning

• Recognise that there are more complex story structures than beginning, middle and end

• Locate and select resources appropriate to their reading level and for a specific purpose

• Independently select the appropriate reading strategy for the purpose of the reading activity (scanning, skimming, rereading)

WRITING:

• Organize a piece of writing according to a timeline using 150-200 words and following certain rules. (margin,title,date,paragraph,indentation)
• Write in a consistent, legible style
• Link ideas within and between paragraphs.(using linking words)
• Write with a command of grammatical structures using newly-learnt vocabulary that does not impede comprehension.
• Use punctuation correctly.
• Spell words accurately.
• Develop and rewrite a draft.
• Prepare a portfolio of work.(once a term ,including five pieces.) At the end of the year each student should have samples of :a. a poem (4 verses)
  •  a narrative (150-200 words)
  •  informal and formal letters ( a letter to an editor of a newspaper)
  •  a simple report (15-20 sentences)
  •  a description
  •  a questionnaire

LISTENING:

• Understand classroom commands.
• Follow and understand instructions in English.
• Listen for and explain the main idea at an appropriate level.
• Listen to summarize a narrative text at an appropriate level.(8 minutes/taking notes)
• Listen appropriately for a sustained period of time and for a variety of purposes (to seek information, to gain knowledge, for instructions, for enjoyment)
• Understand an English Language Children's TV programme

SPEAKING:

• Talk about personal and school life.
• Talk about hobbies, interests , families, pets, and shopping and the topics mentioned in the yearly plan.
• Make offers, suggestions, and be able to accept and refuse them.
• Speak with comprehensible pronunciation that does not impede communication.
• Speak with a command of grammatical structures that does not impede comprehension.
• Describe a picture and a character.
• Narrate events.
• Use English for conversation outside the classroom.
• Incorporate into speech newly-acquired vocabulary and grammar structures.
• Appropriately prepare and deliver an individual presentation to inform other students.
  ( 2-3 minutes)